Rebecca Camber reports: Police should consider the feelings of criminals’ families before they name and shame online. In a move critics say puts the privacy of criminals before public protection, forces have been told they must remove details of crimes from their websites after a month. Criminals’ personal details and their offence should be routinely…
CDT makes it easier to file privacy complaints
As part of its new “Take Back Your Privacy” privacy initiative, CDT has launched a Privacy Complaint Tool to facilitate consumers filing complaints with the Federal Trade Commission about web sites or products or services that they believe are violating privacy. CDT’s Privacy Complaint Tool makes it easy for you to file a consumer privacy…
Yahoo!’s guide for LEAs revealed
Cryptome has posted a number of compliance guides for law enforcement agents seeking customer or subscriber information from Cox, Cricket, GTE, and Yahoo!, and other providers. While some of the files may be outdated by now, the Yahoo! guide is from December 2008, and Yahoo is trying to get it removed from Cryptome’s site. Yesterday,…
On Google’s New Homepage, Privacy Fades Away
Michael Zimmer writes: Google has announced a new “feature” to its homepage: upon loading, only the Google logo, the search box and the search buttons are visible. The links to additional products, advanced search function, and the privacy policy, only fade in if the user moves the mouse. Mike goes on to discuss the implications…